SBOM Attestation
Signing Nix-Generated SBOMs With Sigstore Cosign
Nix's hermetic builds and Cosign's keyless signing create verifiable software supply chain evidence.
Adaeze Okonkwo · October 23, 2026 · 8 min read
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Nix's hermetic builds and Cosign's keyless signing create verifiable software supply chain evidence.
Nix provides strong build guarantees but cannot verify that upstream code itself is trustworthy.
Nix's hermetic builds need external attestation to meet SLSA requirements.